Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

वाचिकं मानसं चैव कायिकं त्रिविधं च यत् । नश्यते पातकं सर्वमित्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

vācikaṃ mānasaṃ caiva kāyikaṃ trividhaṃ ca yat | naśyate pātakaṃ sarvamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

Translation

Ainsi Śaṅkara déclara-t-il : «Tout péché, triple—par la parole, par l’esprit et par le corps—s’évanouit».

Word by Word

• वाचिकम्: verbal (by speech)
• वाचिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vācika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (verbal/pertaining to speech)

• मानसम्: mental
• मानसम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (mental)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle): ‘indeed/just’

• कायिकम्: bodily, physical
• कायिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāyika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (bodily/physical)

• त्रिविधम्: threefold
• त्रिविधम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numerical): ‘त्रयः विधाः यस्य’ = threefold

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम: ‘that which’ (refers to पातकम्)

• नश्यते: perishes, is destroyed
• नश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; अकर्मक (intransitive)

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; subject of ‘नश्यते’

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘पातकम्’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle): end of quotation

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thus/in this way’

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amarkaṇṭaka (general kṣetra efficacy)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) and the audience of the kathā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara (Śiva) as a luminous teacher-figure declaring pāpa-kṣaya; three streams or three flames symbolize speech, mind, body being purified; pilgrims listen in reverent stillness near a shrine or kund.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Pātaka (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purification addresses speech, mind, and body together; tīrtha-merit is portrayed as removing all three.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Amareśvara/Amarkaṇṭaka–Revā tīrtha setting where Śiva teaches the destruction of sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a single act is specified here; it summarizes the cleansing outcome attributed to the tīrtha and its observances.